100 Things the Noble House Tried to Hide

Every noble house has a public face. A crest above the gate. A motto carved in stone. Portraits of stern ancestors. Polished silver. Old land. Older blood. A family tree carefully pruned of inconvenient branches. But every old house has locked doors. Behind them are hidden wills, sealed rooms, disputed inheritances, forged charters, erased children, forbidden marriages, servant whispers, cursed relics, old murders, political betrayals, and …